The Veteran withdrew his appeal, effectively dismissing the case.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative requested withdrawal of the appeal due to forgetting about it and getting service connected for anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18151356
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's paranoid personality disorder is rated at 100 percent disabling, the maximum rating allowed under VA guidelines.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of a VA examination for the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disability. The claim will be reconsidered with the possibility of an examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for schizophrenia, including suicidal ideation, paranoid personality disorder, and mood disorder is dismissed as the Veteran is already receiving the maximum level of disability compensation.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and related conditions, due to a lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressors.
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